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https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/early-neutering-poses-health-risks-german-shepherd-dogs-study-finds
Har ar "the highlights"
Har ar "the highlights"
- 7 % of intact males were diagnosed with one or more joint disorders, compared to 21 % of males neutered prior to a year of age.
- In intact females, 5 % were diagnosed with one or more joint disorders, while in females neutered prior to 1 year of age this measure was significantly increased to 16 %.
- Mammary cancer was diagnosed in 4 % of intact females compared with less than 1 % in females neutered before 1 year of age. (The occurrence of the other cancers followed through 8 years of age was not higher in the neutered than in the intact dogs.)
- Urinary incontinence, not diagnosed in intact females, was diagnosed in 7 % of females neutered before 1 year of age.